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Taklamakan Desert
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Traveler Description: Nicknamed the "sea of death," this desert along the Pakistan border is considered to one of the world's most hostile wastelands.
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What's Near Taklamakan Desert

Top-Rated Nearby Hotels
Distance in: mi km
Hotel EUR* Distance Rating
Yinhua Hotel N/A 0.6 mi 0.9 km 4 of 5 stars
Xinjian Grand Hotel N/A 0.6 mi 1.0 km 4 of 5 stars
Hong Fu Hotel N/A 0.6 mi 1.0 km 4 of 5 stars
Tianshan Virtuous Country hotel N/A 0.7 mi 1.1 km 4 of 5 stars
City Hotel Urumqi N/A 0.8 mi 1.3 km 4 of 5 stars
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Top-Rated Nearby Things to Do
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Thing to Do Distance Rating
International Bazaar 1.2 mi 1.9 km 4 of 5 stars
Xinjiang Uygur Museum 2.5 mi 4.0 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Red Mountain 3.0 mi 4.8 km 3.5 of 5 stars
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“The Road by Rickshaw: Traveling through China’s Taklamakan Desert” Go World Travel Magazine
“One man went to Mao” guardianunlimited.co.uk / The Guardian
“Off the wall ideas” guardianunlimited.co.uk / The Guardian

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